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NAIIABGANJ TOWN. 247 The land holding classes are principally Muhammadans, Káyasths, Kurmís, and Brahmans. About 47 per cent. of cultivated area is tilled by Kurmis, 8.6 per cent. by Brálmans, and 66 per cent. by Chamárs. Tenants with rights of occupancy are more than three times as numerous as any other class of cultivators. Sugar-boiling is the only important manufacture. The chief local marts for surplus produce are Nawabganj, Senthal, Baraur, and Hafizganj, the first and last being situated on the only road in the tahsil, the metalled line from Bareli to Pilibhit, and also on or near the newly opened Pilibhit branch of the Oudh and Rohilkhand Railway. In 1883, Nawabganj tahsil contained i criminal court, with 2 police circles hánis), a regular police force numbering 29 men, and a village watch or rural police of 229 chaukidiirs. Nawabganj.—Town in Bareli (Bareilly) District, North-Western Provinces, and head-quarters of Nawabganj hhsil; situated on the metalled road between Bareli and Pilibhit, 19 miles north-east of the former town. Nawabganj was founded between 1775 and 1797 by Asaf-ud-daula, Nawab of Oudh. Population (1881) 4343. Besides the usual tahsili courts and offices, Nawabganj contains a first-class police station, imperial post-office, and Anglo-vernacular school. Nawabganj. - Pargani in Bara Banki District, Oudh; bounded on the north by Rámnagar and Fatehpur, on the east by Daryábád, on the south by Partábganj, and on the west by Dewa parganis. Area, 79 square miles, or 50,560 acres, of which 32,266 acres are cultivated, 11,276 cultivable, and 5592 barren. The river Kalyani skirts the paryani on the north, and flows for about 8 miles within its limits, having about 12 villages on its banks. Population (1881) 45,798, namely, Hindus, 34,142; Muhammadans, 11,653; and others,' 3. Of the 76 villages comprising the pargani, 44 are held under tílukdári and 32 under mufrid tenure. The principal landholder is Tassadak Rasul Khán of Jahangirábád, who owns 25 out of the 44 tálukdári villages. Government land revenue, £8729. Principal manufactures, sugar and cotton cloth. Communication is afforded by the Oudh and Rohilkhand Railway, the imperial road from Lucknow to Faizabad (Fyzábád), and a road to Bahramghát. Nawabganj.-Chief town of Bara Banki District, Oudh, adjoining the civil station of Bara Banki; situated 17 miles east of Lucknow, on the road from that city to Faizabád (Fyzábád). Lat. 26° 55' 55" N., long. Sı° 14' 35" E. The civil station and administrative head-quarters of the District is situated on high ground a mile west of the town, separated from it by a small stream, the Jamuriha. The ground in the immediate neighbourhood is barren, and niuch cut up by ravines. The Deputy Commissioner's court, the offices of the Assistant Engineer and the Assistant Opium Officer, the jail, police lines, and a few